As we come to the end of this the third grading period Carlé would like to announce its last two students of the week: Lisa Davis and Yanette Pineda. These two individuals are both exceptional students who work very hard and turn in high level work always completed to the fullest.

Seniors Lexi Nance and Danielle Hudson will have their portfolio celebration on Jan. 21 and Stacey Fedewa successfully completed hers on Jan. 14. Good luck to you, graduates!

We will have our annual arm wrestling tournament on Jan. 20 during lunch and sixth period. Carlé likes to make a big show of it with smoke, card holders, brackets and announcers declaring, “Are you ready to rumble?” It is sure to be great fun! We will announce the winners of our six divisions in a future article.

Carlé would like to give a big thank you to Tim Gill from the Lake County Office of Education for taking the time to come to our school and helping with our academics.

On Jan. 19 our teacher Verna Rogers will take some Carlé students to Mrs. Sullivan's second grade class and interview the elementary students about themselves. Carlé students will then write children's stories with each individual elementary student being the main character.

Verna and her students will return to Mrs. Sullivan's class and give the students their books and share a great time.

Many of you already know that Pat our algebra tutor was in a bad car accident during the summer. We are overjoyed to know that on Feb. 9 she will be returning to us.

We are very grateful to Nicole Sherrell who, in Pat's absence, substituted and helped our students achieve success in, for many, their toughest subject, algebra. Thank you very much, Nicole.

Andrea McMullen is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.